People Powered Community event
Monday 1st May
North Edinburgh Arts, 10am – 1pm
Scottish Green MSPs used a Holyrood debate on Edinburgh airport’s expansion plans to call on the Scottish Government to step in and halt the company’s ‘flawed’ consultation. Continue reading Greens call on government to halt ‘flawed’ airport consultation
A Holyrood committee has called for the public to submit their views on City and Region Deals, as it begins its research into the economic growth deals. Continue reading Are City Region Deals worth the headlines?
WHAT IS POLICING 2026?
‘Policing 2026’ is a collaborative and strategic programme, led jointly by the Scottish Police Authority and Police Scotland, to transform policing in Scotland over the next 10 years
WHY ARE WE DOING THIS?
Scottish policing has undergone major change and despite the challenges we face our communities have seen consistent and excellent local and specialist operational policing.
However, Scotland’s communities are growing and continuing to diversify. Demands on policing are increasingly focused towards addressing vulnerability and the consequences of inequalities. Policing must evolve and we must continue to design our services around citizen and community needs. We need to focus on ensuring that we have the skills, tools and capacity to address future needs, rather than focusing on the size or structure of our organisation.
HOW WILL WE DO THIS?
Developing our approach in five key areas of activity will drive the transformation:
WHAT’S NEXT?
The strategy is now published in draft form to allow the public and stakeholders to offer their views and feedback over a 10 week period before a final strategy is approved and published before the summer.
Have your say – click the link
Tuesday 28 March, 2 – 4pm
EVOC, Ashley Place off Newhaven Road
The Scottish Government and partners are working towards a new model for community justice. The new model aims to:
Although the exhibition at Blackhall Library has finished, the consultation has not and you can still make comments about proposed initial designs for cycling and walking improvements in Davidson’s Mains Park
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A statutory consultation on a proposal to relocate Victoria Primary School to a new building in the Western Harbour and undertake catchment changes in the Western Harbour and North Leith areas of the city has begun. The public consultation period will run until 5pm on Friday 17 March. Continue reading Victoria Primary on the move?